Does your Resources tool display the wrong file types?

Sometimes one sees the wrong icon next to a file in the Resources tool, this may also have the side effect of forcing the download of a file rather than opening it in the browser. This can be quite annoying. … Continue reading

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Finding images for use in WebLearn

Most of the images that can be found on the web will have some sort of copyright attached to them. If you want to use an image on the web, in a Power Point presentation or in WebLearn then you must … Continue reading

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Displaying RSS (& Twitter) feeds on HTML pages in WebLearn

WebLearn has a built-in tool, News, for displaying RSS feeds; it is even possible to display feeds from Oxford Podcasts – these will feature an in-page media player for audio and audio-visual podcast display. Sometimes it is desirable to insert … Continue reading

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Using Templates to Create New Sites

Post by Fawei Geng & Adam Marshall The recent upgrade to WebLearn version 2.8 has seen the introduction of a number of site templates. These templates can be used when creating a site from scratch and will impose structure and … Continue reading

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Three upcoming WebLearn courses

Would you like to investigate a range of WebLearn tools and free authoring packages to manage and enrich the student learning experience? Have you wondered how to harness the Mobile Oxford platform in conjunction with WebLearn?   Do not miss … Continue reading

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Free “Beyond” Conference at OUCS – 12 June 2012

What does technology add to our use of research resources for teaching? Does it shift or facilitate links between teaching and research? What new approaches can we take to language, writing and text? The day will offer a set of … Continue reading

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WebLearn User Group Talks Now Available

We have uploaded recordings of all the talks from the latest WebLearn User Group (HT2012). Jill Fresen (WebLearn Team): Introduction Damion Young and Jon Mason (Medical Sciences Learning Technologies): Adapting WebLearn for the Biomedical Sciences programme, and other tips from … Continue reading

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Useful advice and free teaching and learning resources

Jill Fresen has drawn my attention to this useful resource: The Staff area of Association for Learning Development in HE website contains lots of resources in various formats (including a fridge magnet about academic writing(!). It has good layout within … Continue reading

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Xerte content authoring tool

The University of Nottingham’s Xerte Project provides a full suite of open source tools for elearning developers and content authors producing interactive learning materials. Pat Lockley, worked in the Xerte team (who won the 2009 ALT Learning Technologists Team of … Continue reading

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GLOMaker content authoring tool

London Metropolitan University’s GLOMaker tool is a free open source tool which allows elearning developers and content authors to produce highly structured and media rich interactive learning materials. In May, Professor Tom Boyle from the Reusable Learning Objects CETL gave … Continue reading

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